πρόλογος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “before”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρόλογος • (prólogos) m (genitive προλόγου); second declension

  1. the prologue of a play
  2. one who recites the above
  3. the introduction of a speech
  4. (mathematics) the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πρόλογος; τοῦ προλόγου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πρόλογος
ho prólogos 		τὼ προλόγω
tṑ prológō 		οἱ πρόλογοι
hoi prólogoi
Genitive τοῦ προλόγου
toû prológou 		τοῖν προλόγοιν
toîn prológoin 		τῶν προλόγων
tôn prológōn
Dative τῷ προλόγῳ
tôi prológōi 		τοῖν προλόγοιν
toîn prológoin 		τοῖς προλόγοις
toîs prológois
Accusative τὸν πρόλογον
tòn prólogon 		τὼ προλόγω
tṑ prológō 		τοὺς προλόγους
toùs prológous
Vocative πρόλογε
próloge 		προλόγω
prológō 		πρόλογοι
prólogoi
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos)
  • → Latin: prologus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • “πρόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “πρόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Noun

πρόλογος • (prólogos) m

  1. prologue, preface

Declension

Declension of πρόλογος
singular plural
nominative πρόλογος (prólogos) πρόλογοι (prólogoi)
genitive προλόγου (prológou) προλόγων (prológon)
accusative πρόλογο (prólogo) προλόγους (prológous)
vocative πρόλογε (próloge) πρόλογοι (prólogoi)
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